rex
noun
king.
rex
1 American
[r eks, reks]
/ rɛks, rɛks /
noun
Latin.
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reges
plural
Rex
2
American
[reks]
/ rɛks /
noun
Rex
3
American
[reks]
/ rɛks /
noun
Rex
British
/ rɛks /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Rex
After Christus Rex, title of a publication put out by its founders
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Thomas the T. rex was excavated from Hell Creek in Montana, a site that also produced ancient crocodilian fossils analyzed by the researchers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
That improvement persuaded L.A.'s Natural History Museum to provide tiny portions of two teeth belonging to Thomas the T. rex, the most complete of the towering tyrannosaur skeletons displayed in the museum's dinosaur hall.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Applying it to T. rex initially posed a major problem.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
New analysis techniques developed in recent years have provided strong evidence that theropods like T. rex, velociraptors and other two-legged dinosaurs were endothermic animals like mammals and birds, rather than cold-blooded, or exothermic, like reptiles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
They argued briefly about whether the T. rex skull could be considered art.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
"These kind of impacts are not normal. They're unprecedented for our community," said Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson during a weekend press conference.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Although the announcements bode well for the industry, Bill Birmingham, the head of research at Rex Financial, noted that they are mostly focused on setting standards for now.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
There were eight Rex siblings who grew up first in Hawaii, then Bellflower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
San Clemente has produced such tight ends as Isaac Rex and Cole Fotheringham.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
My face must change, because Rex Rollins says, “The assistant director, Anthony.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
Virgil had now found in his own age a motive for the composition of that epic poem which it had been his boyish ambition to attempt,— Cum canerem reges et proelia.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar
The achivi is the people, and the McClellanists are the reges.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
"Et nunc, reges, intelligite; erudimini, qui judicatis terram:" Understand now, ye kings of the earth; learn, ye who judge the world.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
The central emblem is that of the Trinity, with a "chronogram" indicating the year 1634 thus:—sInt DoMUs hUjUs pII reges nUtrItII regInae nUtrICes pIae.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Philip Walsingham Sergeant
The crine profuso and barba demissa of the reges crinitos, as the Merovingians were called, are often referred to by ancient chroniclers.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
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